Garment hanger



Nov. 1, 1938. G, Q JOHNSON 2,135,255

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. l24, 1936 CII Patented Nov. 1, 1938 PATENT oFFIcE 2,135,255 n GARMENT HANGER Glenn Q. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., assignor of onehalf to Charles J. Kizaur, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 24, 1936, Serial No. 97,515

3 Claims.

The invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to auxiliary garment supporting devices adapted to support a pair of trousers or the like from an ordinary coat hanger.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger including a simple and improved form of depending hook adjustably mounted thereon to engage garments of different sizes and adapted to be clamped in position by the weight of the garment thereon.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide an improved form of auxiliary garment supporting device adapted to be secured to an ordinary coat hanger and formed from a single piece of resilient wire or the like fashioned in such manner that it may be releasably clamped in any selected position on the horizontal member or bar of the coat hanger.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asgghe following description proceeds, and the features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coat hanger provided with auxiliary garment supporting devices embodying the invention and illustrated as supporting a pair of trousers.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevation of one of the auxiliary garment supporting devices shown in Fig. 1, the horizontal hanger bar on which it is mounted being in section along line 2 2.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section along the line 4-,-4 in Fig. 2.

The preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated has been shown in Fig. 1 as arranged for supporting a pair of trousers I0 from an ordinary wire coat hanger I I. It will` be understood, however, that devices embodying the invention are also adapted to support other types of garments or the like. The trousers I0 are supported by two auxiliary garment supporting devices I2 adjustably mounted on a horizontal or cross member I3 of the coat hanger II. It will be noted that the horizontal member I3 is offa conventional smooth and uninterrupted form. As is hereinafter described with greater particularity, the devices I2 are so arranged, however, that they may be releasably secured thereto in any desired position despite the lack of projections or the like on the member I3.

In the preferred construction illustrated, the devices I2 are each formed from a continuous piece of resilient Wire or the like doubled upon 5 itself to form two depending arms I4 disposed side by side and having garment supporting hooks I5 fashioned at the lower ends thereof.` The hooks I5 may conveniently be inserted in the belt loops I6 of the trousers I0 as indicated in Fig. 1. The arms I4 are connected by a bight Il which is coiled to form in eiect a pair of compression springs disposed in spaced relation and adapted to bear against opposite sides of the horizontal hanger member [3. The transverse portion of the bight I1 forms a saddle, as indicated at I8, which rests on one side of the member I3. The lower portions of the coils or loops formed in the wire are bent inwardly, as indicated at I9, (Fig. 3) so as to bear against the opposite side of the member I3 at points disposed laterally from the point at which the saddle I8 bears against the same thus wedging against the member I3. It will be understood that this wedging action may be had whether or not the device is made of resilient material. Y

The auxiliary garment supporting devices I2 may be releasably positioned on the hanger members I3 by forcing the same between the resilient coil portions of the bight II. When the devices I2 are so positioned on the member I3, the member I3 passes through the bight as shown in the drawing. Thus when the device I2 is rotated to the position shown in dot-dash lines in Fig. 4, ample clearance is provided between the sides of the coils formed in the bight so that the device I2 may be readily slid along the member I3 until it is located in the desired position to accommodate the size of the particular garment to be supported thereby. The garment supporting hooks are then attached to the garment as, for example, by passing them through the belt loops I6 and the weight of the garment thus suspended rotates the device I2 to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4. In such position, the portions IS of the bight I1 engage the lower side of the hanger member I3 and wedge the supporting device rigidly in position. It will thus be seen that a very simple form of auxiliary garment supporting device has been provided that ma;1 50 be manufactured at extremely small cost and which is adapted to be used with ordinary wire coat hangers to support garments of any size thereon.

Although a particular embodiment o1' the in- 55 vention has been shown and described for purposes of illustration. there kis no intention to thereby limit the invention to the particular construction shown but, on the other hand,- the appended claims are intended to cover all modiiications within the spirit and scope of the invention. l

I claim as my invention:

1. An auxiliary garment supporting device of the type described adapted for adjustable attachment to a coat hangercomprising a continuous piece of resilient wire doubled upon itself to form a pair of arms connected by a bight. the ends of said arms being fashioned in the form of garment attaching hooks, each of said arms having an individual coil formed therein adjacent said bight and bent inwardly toward each other to resiliently engage the cross member of a coat hanger disposed in said bight.

2. An auxiliary garment supporting device of the type described adapted for adjustable attachment to a coat hanger comprising a continuous piece of resilient wire having a garment attaching hook formed adjacent one end thereof and spaced apart coiled spring portions intermediate the ends thereof, said coiled spring portions being connected by a saddle portion adapted to slide on the cross member of a coat hanger, said coiled spring portions being adapted to limit the sliding of said saddle upon movement thereof into clamping engagement with the cro'ss member.

3. An auxiliary garment supporting device of the type described adapted for adjustable attachment to a coat hanger comprising a continuous piece of metal doubled upon itself to form a pair of arms connected by a bight, the ends of said arms being fashioned in the form of garment attaching hooks, each of said arms being coiled adjacent said bight and disposed inwardly toward each other to wedge the cross member of a coat hanger disposed in said bight.

GLENN Q. Jo'HNsoN. 

